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The Effect of Independent Obstetric Operating Room on Decision-to-delivery Interval for Emergency Cesarean Section

Not Applicable
Conditions
Emergency Cesarean Section
Interventions
Other: general operating center
Other: independent obsteric operating center
Registration Number
NCT05208515
Lead Sponsor
Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Foshan
Brief Summary

The study is to investigate whether the establishing independent obstetric operating centre can shorten the decision-to-delivery interval and improve delivery outcomes of emergency cesarean section.

Detailed Description

The newest define of decision-to-delivery interval (DDI) is the interval between the time at which the senior obstetrician makes the decision that a caesarean section is required and the time at which the fetus (or first fetus in the case of multiples) is delivered. The recommended DDI by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is within 30 minutes. The 30 minutes rule is also used to measure the overall performance of an obstetric unit in our country. Lower rate of DDI over 30 minutes will improve the outcome of neonatal outcomes.

Affiliated Foshan Maternity \& Child Healthcare Hospital is a tertiary care hospital in south of our country. Obstetric operations in this hospital are used to perform in a big general operating center, which is shared by all departments of the hospital. In December 23, 2020, a new wing of the hospital opened in response to the growing number of patients. In the new wing, an independent obstetric operating center was established to provide health care for obstetric operating. The original and new obstetric units were built according to the same standard. The medical staff shifts between original and new obstetric units every three months. Six months after the new wing of hospital opened, we set off a randomized and controlled trial (RCT). The RCT is aimed to investigate whether the independent obstetric operating center can shorten the DDI, decrease the rate of DDI over 30 minutes and improve neonatal outcomes.

Women who are over 18 years old, meet the conditions of vaginal delivery and decided to give birth vaginally by doctor and patient will be random distributed to original or new obstetric unit from July 1, 2021 to June 30,2022. Women need ECS in original obstetric unit will be send to the general operating center (named standard group), those need ECS in the new wing will be send to the obstetric operating center (named new group). DDI and other related variables of those who need ECS will be recorded. Data of a total of 60 ECS in each group will be collected and analyzed at last. Women who with missing data should be excluded.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria
  • over 18 years old, meet the conditions of vaginal delivery, decided to give birth vaginally
Exclusion Criteria
  • with missing data

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
stardard groupgeneral operating centerwowen who need emergency cesarean section will be send to the general operating center.
new groupindependent obsteric operating centerwomen who need emergency cesarean section will be send to the obstetric operating center
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
decision to delivery intervallabor day

the interval between the time at which the senior obstetrician makes the decision that a caesarean section is required and the time at which the fetus (or first fetus in the case of multiples) is delivered.

anesthetic timelabor day

Arrival of the patient in theatres to anaesthetic ready time

Operation waiting timelabor day

Time at which the anaesthetic is ready to the first skin incision

delivery timelabor day

Skin incision-to-delivery of the first fetus

transfer timelabor day

Time of decision to time of arrival of the patient in theatre

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
five minutes Apgar scorelabor day

Apgar score is a measure of the physical condition of a newborn infant. It is obtained by adding points (2, 1, or 0) for heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, response to stimulation, and skin coloration; a score of ten represents the best possible condition. The 5-minute score tells the health care provider how well the baby is doing outside the mother's womb.

number of still birthlabor day

number of a birth in which the baby is born dead

degree of neonatal asphyxialabor day

neonatal asphyxia is divied into no (8\~10), mild(4\~7) and sever(0\~3) accroding to the Apgar score evaluated in one minute.

number of newborn transferred to NICUFrom delivery to one week after delivery

number of newborn transferred to neonatal intensive care unit

number of neonatal deathlabor day

number of newborn died after birth

first minute Apgar scorelabor day

Apgar score is a measure of the physical condition of a newborn infant. It is obtained by adding points (2, 1, or 0) for heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, response to stimulation, and skin coloration; a score of ten represents the best possible condition. The 1-minute score determines how well the baby tolerated the birthing process.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Foshan

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Foshan, Guangdong, China

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